Replace ‘container-to-mount’ with the device file under /dev or the path to the file you wish to open and ‘name’ with a name of your choice. Upon successful opening, the plaintext device will appear as /dev/mapper/container-name (in the above example it would be ‘/dev/mapper/files1’), which you can mount like any normal device.

After typing your password and once the command prompt reappears, execute the following commands to mount the volume. Replace ‘name’ with the name chosen above. If you do not already have a folder for the volume:

$ mkdir /media/[name]

mount the volume, replace ‘name’ with the name you chose above (in this case it would be ‘files1’):

$ sudo mount -o uid=1000 /dev/mapper/[name] /media/[name]

To close your TrueCrypt volume, execute the following commands to safely remove it or some of your files could be lost or damaged. Replace [name] with the mapping name chosen above: